The Ice Cave of the Artshire Union and the secret intelligence bureau of the Golden Shield Empire were extremely fierce in the secret war, and the fight went back and forth. However, the status of the Ice Cave in the Atlantic County Union is very different from the status of the Secret Intelligence Bureau in the Golden Shield Empire.

The Imperial Intelligence Bureau was originally established to fight against the Blade-wielding Brotherhood, which belonged directly to the Imperial Family, along with the Royal Knights, the Court Guards, and was known as the Emperor's three personal soldiers. Therefore, the functions of the Imperial Secret Intelligence Bureau are not limited to intelligence, but also have the power to supervise the court and the people, and have independent investigative powers, law enforcement powers, and execution powers.

Imperial agents can really walk sideways inside the empire.

But as an ice cave agent who is the opponent of the Empire's secret agent, he does not have such a high salary in the Atlantic Union, and even an ordinary magic professor of the Winter Capital Magic Steam Academy dares not to take the chief of the ice cave in his eyes.

The reason is that at the beginning of the establishment of the Ice Cave, the founders of the Atlantic Union were afraid of giving too much power to this organization that walked in the dark, in case one day when it temporarily lost power, it would be used by political enemies to attack them.

This recognition was recognized by all the founders of the Atlantshire Union at the time, after all, no one can guarantee the longevity of themselves and their families, and some unseemly means must be restricted.

Therefore, the ice cave has been surrounded by various rules and regulations since its establishment.

Social status...... But anyone with some status looks down on them.

Luke is now a man of status, a fourth-level member of the Society of Steam Engineers in the winter, backed by Morson and Steam Weekly.

If the ice cave provokes him for no reason, isn't it a provocation to the Association of Steam Engineers?

The invitation was coldly returned, but Chief Herkekin did not dare to have any dissatisfaction. As a reader of Steam Weekly and the leader of the ice caves, he knew that Luke's ability to make the leap from a first-tier member to a fourth-level member must have been recognized by the editor-in-chief of Morsson.

If this technique is heard by himself, Luke can lock himself up with a casual word.

Herkin laughed and said, "Since it's confidential, of course I don't dare to listen to it, let's read the new issue of Steam Weekly."

Mr. Luke is here in the ice cave today, is there something going on? ”

Darikova brought the iced coffee, and when she heard the chief's inquiry, she replied: "The main bandits of the underground rebels are from Harut Heavy Industries, and when Harut Heavy Industries sent a security team to arrest them, there were security personnel who reported to them, so we arrested a group of suspicious Harut Heavy Workers' security guards."

After interrogation, most of them have been released, and the rest have all kinds of suspicions.

Mr. Luke wants to take a security guard named Rebecca this time, she is a member of Mr. Luke's security team, but she is ...... The other three members of this squad all evaded military service and went missing......"

While Darikova was telling Herkkin, Luke slowly drank the iced coffee, which had a different flavor.

This wasn't the iced coffee in the mouth of the ice cave agent, it was a very brutal torture, and Darikova didn't dare add ingredients to Luke's coffee.

After hearing this, Herkkin said to Luke: "Mr. Luke, don't you think it's suspicious that three members of a security team have evaded military service and disappeared?" ”

Luke replied, "What's so suspicious about this!" Rebecca didn't receive a call-up notice, otherwise it would have been all four of them running away, and it wouldn't have been your turn to get her. ”

"You misunderstood me, Mr. Luke." "The activities of the Golden Shield Empire's secret intelligence bureau in the winter capital are very rampant, and the three people who evaded military service may be related to the secret intelligence bureau, and the new rebel army is also related to the secret intelligence bureau.

Rebecca belongs to the same squad as the three missing people, and we have an obligation to investigate her if she is suspicious. ”

"Do you let go, or don't you let go?"

"Put, of course!" Herkekin smiled and said, "With Mrs. Yolanda's handwritten letter, and Mr. Luke, you have come in person, and we will definitely release him."

But Mr. Luke, you need to write a guarantee that Rebecca has nothing to do with the CIA. ”

"Are you kidding me?" Luke said unhappily: "It's your business whether Rebecca has anything to do with the CIA, why should I vouch for it."

If you have evidence of Rebecca's treason, take it out, and I'll leave immediately.

If not, let the people go!

The agents of the Secret Intelligence Bureau didn't see you arrest a few, so they all wasted time and manpower on such useless things.

My very own new steam engine lab is in the works, so there's no time to waste here! ”

Herkegin didn't expect Luke to be so difficult and not to drill into his trap at all.

Without knowing the other party's reliance and details, Herkegin decided to bear with it first: "Okay, you don't need to write a guarantee, you can always sign it." I have to keep a record of a person who comes in and a person who goes out. ”

"Sign it!"

Herkin asked Darikova to bring the release slip, and Luke wrote his name on it.

Rebecca was soon helped out by two ice cave agents.

When she was caught, Rebecca was not wearing warm clothes, and her exposed skin was frozen and bleeding and crusted. There were many whip marks on his body, and his wrists and ankles were covered with bruises from the bundles.

"Mr. Luke!" When Rebecca saw Luke, there was an immediate tlight in her godless eyes: "I thought I'd never see you again." ”

Luke threw away the coffee in his hand and immediately stepped forward to help Rebecca, first releasing fire magic to ward off her cold, and then using healing magic to relieve her injuries.

"It's okay, I'll take you home."

Rebecca, who was a little energetic, smiled reluctantly and said, "Thank you, Mr. Luke." ”

Luke held Rebecca by his feet, didn't look at Herkekin, and left without looking back.

After the two left, Herkkin's eyes moved to the smashed cup on the ground, the spilled coffee had frozen into ice.

"Did the interrogation of Rebecca come to fruition?"

Darikova, who was on the side, said: "I didn't ask anything...... The agents who arrested this group of Harut Heavy Industry security didn't think to ask anything from them. ”

"Why did you provoke him?"

Darikova replied: "Enoch was attacked after leaving his residence, and what they talked about became a mystery. I wanted to ask him some questions and see if I could find some clues, but he was a very difficult guy.

Overall length...... Is he really a Level 4 member of the Society of Steam Engineers now? ”

"You're questioning me? Or question the Society of Steam Engineers? ”

"The subordinates don't dare!"

"Enoch looked for him but didn't arrest him, there must be a reason why he didn't arrest him. I've sent someone to spy on him, and you've disrupted my deployment by finding him like this. ”

Darikova immediately apologized: "I'm sorry, Chief, I didn't know you had sent someone to spy on him. I just heard that he was coming to pick up people, so I thought about looking up the eucalyptus that Enoch was attacked. ”

"Don't worry if it doesn't belong to you!"

"Yes, Chief, I don't dare in the future. But my gut tells me that Luke is definitely a man with a story and that it is necessary to investigate. ”

Herkin showed an admiring look: "Since you are so interested in him, I will leave him to you to find out what his origin is." ”

"Yes, Lord."

"Pay attention to your methods, he is not an ordinary person now, and the editor-in-chief of Morzon is not something we can offend. If he was really in charge of the development of a new steam engine, it would not be something we could offend. ”

"I understand!"

……

Luke took Rebecca back to his apartment, made some food for her to eat, and found a suit of clothes that she didn't wear for her to shower.

During this time, Luke went out to buy some medicine and came back to make medicine for wounds and frostbite.

Rebecca, freshly washed, walked out of the bathroom in a slightly oversized outfit, her steps staggered a little from the injuries on her body.

Luke sat her down on the fluffy couch and handed her the ointment.

"The green treatment for frostbite, the red treatment for bruises, taking advantage of the fact that the blood flow in the body is fast after taking a shower, and the injured areas are smeared. I'll be mixing healing potions in a moment, and when I'm better, I'll send you home.

After two days of being captured in an ice cave, your family must be very worried about you. ”

Thinking of her experience in the past two days, the strong Rebecca couldn't help but have tears in her eyes.

"I thought I was really going to die inside. But I really didn't say anything, trust me, Mr. Luke. ”

"I know you didn't say it, otherwise I wouldn't have had a chance to save you. Rub the ointment on the wound, don't be afraid of the pain, rub hard, so that the effect will be good. ”

Luke instructs Rebecca to apply medicine to the wound.

"Sir, will you get me out of trouble? They're ice cave agents, and they can do anything. ”

"Don't worry...... I'm a person who follows trouble wherever I go, and I don't miss you. When you go back, take care of your injuries, and I will help you ask for leave from the company's security department. When the injury is healed, come and protect me......

Rub a little more on your wrists and ankles so that you don't leave sequelae. ”

"Yes, sir...... Sir, I can't wipe my back...... You, can you help me? ”

Rebecca's voice was low, and her cheeks were flushed.

Luke replied, "Okay, you turn around." ”

Rebecca turned around and slowly took off her shirt to reveal her back.

Behind Rebecca's back, a beetle-like metal body draped over the spine from her neck to her waist, and the metal shell stretched out to the sides to insert pieces of metal into the skin, joining the ribs.

In addition, there are several whip marks, and the flesh is open.

Luke used healing magic to heal the wound on Rebecca's back, then applied the ointment to the whip marks and rubbed it vigorously. Rebecca's muscles tensed in pain, and she couldn't help but moan in her throat.

In order to distract Rebecca, Luke casually chatted, "Snamin's silk crest, a parasitic supernatural creature that lives in the polar ice fields. They generally live on the back of the ice bear, which provides it with survival and it provides more strength.

The Transcendent Biology Institute of the Atlantshire Union has improved the cultivation of Snaminsilk myelin, allowing it to parasitize human backs......

At the time of the parasitic surgery, it must be very painful. ”

"It hurts a lot!" Rebecca replied, "But as a girl, I want to earn more money to support my family, so I can only choose to undergo transcendent transformation."

In fact, when I was in school, I was aiming to be admitted to the Winter Capital Magic Steam Academy. By becoming a magician or a steam engineer, I could get away with my previous life, but reality shattered my dreams completely. ”

"Do you want to get rid of the spinachal worm?"

Luke's words made Rebecca almost turn around, but she stopped in time and asked, "Of course I want to remove it, but once Snamin's silk crest is parasitic, can't it be removed again?" ”

"Of course you can pick it up, it's just an operation."

Rebecca was shocked but quickly lowered: "Take it off, what do I live on?" I haven't paid off the debt I owe to undergo the transcendent makeover, and I can't afford another surgery.

Thank you, Mr. Luke. At least you let me know that it's reoff. ”

"Rebecca, come out of the ice cave today, and your life will never go back to the way it used to be."

Rebecca asked curiously, "Why?" Mr. Luke. ”

"I can't tell you right now, take my word for it. During this time, you can take care of your injuries and listen to me after work, so as to save your life and that of your family. ”

Rebecca didn't know why Luke said that, but out of trust in him, she replied, "Yes, Mr. Luke, I listen to you in everything." ”

As Luke smeared Rebecca and made small talk, there was a knock on the apartment door.

Rebecca put on her clothes in a panic, looked at her messy clothes and wet hair, and said worriedly, "Mr. Luke, will I cause a misunderstanding here and damage your reputation?" ”

"I have a good reputation. You don't move, I'm going to see who it is, probably the owner couple. ”

Luke asked Rebecca to sit back on the couch and went to open the door.

Outside the door turned out to be Darikova, the ace agent of the ice cave who had just met.

She stripped off her Ice Cave agent uniform and changed into a fashionable lady's attire, wearing lace gloves and a mesh bucket hat. With a pair of big blue eyes and an aura, her temperament is like that of a celebrity from a big family, and she can't tell at all that she is an ice cave agent with countless lives in her hands.

Darikova carried a gift box on her wrist, and when she saw Luke who opened the door, she immediately smiled like a spring flower on her face.

"Hello, Mr. Luke! Please forgive me for visiting without making an appointment.

After you and Miss Rebecca left, the chief reprimanded me severely, and I deeply understood my mistake.

This visit is to express my sincerest gratitude to you. This is my gift for you, Fanny Cake House's freshly baked chocolate strawberry cake, please try it.

It turns out that Miss Rebecca is also here......"

Darikova looked up and saw Rebecca sitting on the sofa in the living room, as well as her misbuttoned blouse, crimson cheeks, and messy hair......

Luke took the cake box from Darikova: "I accepted the gift, goodbye!" ”

Luke wanted to close the door, but Darikova came in with a sway: "Mr. Luke, I'm just an ordinary ice cave clerk, you don't need to be so wary of me.

Miss Rebecca, I have deep sympathy for what happened to you, and look at what those bastards have done to you. Seeing you makes me even more determined to leave the ice cave! ”